Public Support for Weight-Related Antidiscrimination Laws and Policies

Public support for poverty-related policies.

OBJECTIVE This research examined how public perceptions of the relationship between poverty and health predict support for poverty-related policies. METHODS A random sample of 1,203 Albertans were interviewed by telephone to determine their perceptions of the relationship between poverty and health (myth, drift, behavioural, structural), and their support for government spending in six povert...

Potential Policies and Laws to Prohibit Weight Discrimination: Public Views from 4 Countries.

CONTEXT People viewed as "overweight" or "obese" are vulnerable to weight-based discrimination, creating inequities and adverse health outcomes. Given the high rates of obesity recorded globally, studies documenting weight discrimination in multiple countries, and an absence of legislation to address this form of discrimination, research examining policy remedies across different countries is n...

Improving anti-bullying laws and policies to protect youth from weight-based victimization: parental support for action.

BACKGROUND Weight-based bullying is a prevalent problem among youth with overweight and obesity, but remains neglected in existing policy-level strategies to address youth bullying. Parental support is an influential catalyst motivating political will for policy decisions affecting youth, but has received limited research attention. OBJECTIVES To assess levels of, and predictors of, parental ...

Believing that certain foods are addictive is associated with support for obesity-related public policies.

INTRODUCTION There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that certain foods may be addictive. Although evidence that nicotine is addictive generated support for anti-tobacco policies, little research has examined whether beliefs about the addictiveness of food are associated with support for policies to address overconsumption of nutritionally poor foods. METHODS U.S. adults (n=999) recrui...

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